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Angus Reid Global Scan)
– Many adults in the United States believe the United Nations
(UN) should deal with Iran’s nuclear program, according to a
poll by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute. 70.8 per
cent of respondents believe the UN should use military means if
necessary to prevent the country from building weapons.
After being branded as
part of an "axis of evil" by U.S. president George W. Bush in
January 2002, Iran has contended that its nuclear program aims
to produce energy, not weapons.
In November 2004, the
Iranian government announced a voluntary suspension of its
uranium enrichment program following international pressure. In
August 2005, Iran resumed uranium conversion activities at the
Isfahan facility. In January, Iran removed the international
seals from the Natanz site.
In his Jan. 31 State of
the Union address, Bush said Iran "is defying the world with its
nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit
the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons. America will
continue to rally the world to confront these threats."
In a February interview
with Time, U.S.
ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Iran should follow the
example of Libya in order to defuse the crisis, saying, "I never
would have guessed that Libya was prepared to make the
calculation that they were safer giving up the pursuit of
nuclear weapons than continuing to go after them, and yet they
did."
Polling Data
Do you think the United
Nations (UN) should use military means if necessary to prevent
Iran from building nuclear weapons?
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Yes |
70.8% |
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No |
18.7% |
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Not sure |
10.5% |
Source: Sacred Heart University Polling Institute
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 American adults,
conducted from Feb. 9 to Feb. 15, 2006. Margin for error is 3
per cent.
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